DR C. CHANDRAMOULI REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NEW DELHI : 15th July 2011.
For the first time since Independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas that in rural areas Rural Urban distribution: 68.84% & 31.16% Level of urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.16% in 2011 Census
The slowing down of the overall growth rate of population is due to the sharp decline in the growth rate in rural areas, while the growth rate in urban areas remains almost the same.
Though the growth rate of population in rural areas of EAG States is nearly 3 times that in rural areas in non EAG States, it is for the first time that significant fall of growth rate is seen in the rural areas of EAG States
Sex Ratio
2001 Overall India Rural Urban 0-6 years India Rural Urban 927 934 906 914 919 902 -13 -15 -4 933 946 900 940 947 926 +7 +1 +26 2011 Difference
The improvement in overall sex ratio is largely in urban areas Though the Urban Child sex ratio is far worse than in the rural areas, the fall in Child sex ratio in rural areas is around 4 times that in urban areas. In fact the decline is more gradual in urban areas. There is a decline of 8.9 million children in Rural areas, while in Urban areas has shown increase of 3.9 million.
The improvement in literacy rate in rural area is two times that in urban areas The rural urban literacy gap which was 21.2 percentage points in 2001, has come down to 16.1 percentage points in 2011
Improvement in female literacy is more than males in both rural and urban areas The gender gap in literacy has come down from 24.6 in 2001 to 19.8 in 2011 in rural areas and from 13.4 in 2001 to 9.8 in 2011 in urban areas
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Statutory Towns: Census 2001 Census 2011 3,799 4,041 Increase: 242
Census Towns: Census 2001 Census 2011 1,362 3,894 Increase: 2,532
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Rural Areas
All areas which are not categorized as Urban area are considered as Rural Area Number of Rural Units (or Villages) in India: Villages: Census 2001 Census 2011 6,38,588 6,40,867 Increase: 2,279
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Indicators
Population by Rural Urban Residence by sex Population (0 to 6 years) by Rural Urban Residence by sex Number of literates by Rural Urban Residence by sex Derived from above: Sex ratio
boys] [Females per thousand males] [Girls (0-6 yrs) per thousand
Rural Urban Distribution Persons (in %): Total : Rural: Urban: 100.0 % 68.84 % 31.16 %
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Population Highlights
Out of the total of 1210.2 million population in India, the size of Rural population is 833.1 million (or 68.84% of the Total Population) Urban population 377.1 million (or 31.16%) During 2001 2011 the population of the country increased by 181.4 million Increase in Rural areas: 90.4 million Increase in Urban areas: 91.0 million
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0.1% 0.1%
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Trends in Rural Urban Distribution of Population - India (in %) (1901, 1951, 2011)
1901 CENSUS
India
89.2
2011 CENSUS
India
10.8 68.8
1951 CENSUS
31.2
India
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18.72
India
EAG States are Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa
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India
45 40 35
35.50 37.85 39.19 38.23 38.51 41.09 36.44
EAG States
31.60 31.51
31.80 32.66
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26.99
Non-EAG States
25 20
24.97
EAG States are Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa
1991-2001
2001-2011
1981-1991
1951-1961
1961-1971
1971-1981
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Percentage share of Urban Population in Total Population India, 2001 & 2011
INDIA 2001 INDIA 2011
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160 Child Population (in million) 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1961 1971 1981 Census year
15.7 20.5 26.6 95.3 95.2 80.7 97.6 115.7 124.2
158.8
150.4
126.5 116.8
117.6
33.6
37.3
1991
2001
2011
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2011
Proportion (in %)
Rural: Males Females Sex ratio Urban: Males Females Sex ratio 150.6 135.6 900 52.6 47.4 195.8 181.3 926 51.9 48.1 381.7 360.9 946 51.4 48.6 427.9 405.1 947 51.4 48.6
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Sex Ratio
Visibility of women has increased both in Rural and Urban areas. The Sex Ratio in the country has risen from 933 in 2001 to 940 in 2011 For Rural Areas in the country as a whole there has been an increase by only 1 point from 946 in 2001 to 947 in 2011 In Urban areas there has been an appreciable gain of 26 points from 900 in 2001 to 926 in 2011 In 10 States & UTs Urban Sex Ratio is higher than the Rural Sex Ratio in Census 2011. This includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala and NCT Delhi.
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2011
Proportion (in %)
Rural: Males Females Sex ratio Urban: Males Females Sex ratio 19.59 17.76 906 52.5 47.5 21.67 19.54 902 52.6 48.3 65.42 61.07 934 51.7 48.3 61.29 56.30 919 52.1 47.9
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Status of Literacy
35
36
37
78.57
Males
Females
26.12
26.91
Census year
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100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Percent 10 0 1961 1971 1981 1991 43.75 27.02 52.54 22.10 58.07 70.77 74.64 78.56 81.09
86.27
89.67
Males
79.92
72.86 64.05
Females
20.49
17.04
13.41
9.75
2001
2011
Census year
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